Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-11


val known r4ilr0zd eeufransaE, fran
ehlse for baiiaf2R s.rpes raifway In
Eseams- Toe 6eep feeling vas 90
cssAuned not neexiY % mach ~ TIE
e4RsFneM o. Iaeoma On xans % secuEe
8Eeet railway a. ~ fhe extreme iibsr-
1it1F Of the ffanehfse. Old Town Il
separated from Nsw Taconaa fas Il we'll
kn1wn1 by abouf . mile Of very sparsnly
peraistea prDpeEsy. ali ce whieh h IN
tie market a. coed prices. Old lows
nanbef8 about 10 peos x clustered
about the large Iaaona MIL street
railway could haFe liltie other pnEpuse
iust at th1s moment than brinaina thess
widely separated c0mmuuities into
closer c0mmunion- ] be sharp rise Of
TIE principal founsite leaVss bat one
pEaetieable road from the Nes TO The
Old Town. The franchise granted 90
Mr.. Bennstt not only gives him esasrol
Of every appr0ash 20 shia read By way
Of @ street. }, bnf exteads eysF all the
principal thoEpugafafss that parallel
cash other aioDg ths side Of tie bill, e.
we'll e. sbe cross streets that fun up the
bill, cut into the stumps- Il runs 20 the
end Of all OF these streets and yes
yearns for more, and with the hope ef
satisfying u - qFanfed 10 the liuzit "as
far as these streets mag Be hereafter az
tended"
This Is no doubi q very good kind Of
q charter for Mr.. Bennett 10 want. bnt
it does not appear to have been looked
upoz By the entire community as 4 good
thing 10 give away. AZ any rate. the
KNIGHTS Of Labor, as = body. protested,
aHd the mayor after interviewing many
eifizens, vetoed the bill. After consid
erabia h0ous poems she franchise was
| passed over abe veto. IL provides THAI
the work shall b begun Wishin four
months on the direct line between the
N. y. r 4. station in New Tacoma TO
The Cd Town, so Be completed within
fourteen months and the rest Of the
fonts covered a. she rate Of q mile per
year. 1he fFachise Il granted for fifty
years. The newspapers here have been
raising howl against allowing the horss
ear privilege az part Of the remarkable
| franchise and demanding the cable or
electric motor. AZ result of this
Mayor Mann vas in receipts OF the fol-
lowing letter today which may not be
without interest in Seattle. from lie in
direct application 10 yoar city - we'll.
Tue letter reads:
J. Mana--Dear Sir. see BY the
| Ledger that Nelson Bennett has applied
/ for franchise for street railroads In
al the principal streets In Tacoma, and
10 req1ired 70 build only one mile per
year. II this ordinance passes, 10 will
be an outrage on property holders who
may want 20 develop their property BY
| building streaf railroads. What has
Mr.. Bennett dose, 81 what Is be required
10 de. 20 give him. practically, The con-
trofof the streets Of Tseoms7 andeF-
stand that ths city gives him the right
10 run all bis lines with horses. The
Coaneil most anticipate very SLOW
growth TO allow horse cars to b. used.
/ II once put on IL will take time to re-
place them xith NOR modern methods.
have for some time past been looking
/ into the matter of street railroads with
i the view Of doing something in that line
1 in Tacoma, and have iust succeeded in
getting ths agency for Oregon, Wash
i ineten, Montana. Idaho and British
Columbia, for the latest electric street
car railroad, and propose as an early
date TO come TO Tacoma and ask for
| franchise IN two or three streets for our
railroad, whether SIR. Bennett gets bis
franchise or nst. We will not ask the
city for any franchise that will tear up
streets or impede travel by tracks.
We will probably ask for a franchise
/ in al least one street which Mr.. Bennett
asks for, and as We will net interfere
With his track. presume the city will
not refuse 90 give as the same franchise
over such streets As be esks for.
Oar cars can be used tSe same as .
/ surface road, or we can by the same sys-
teen run cars az an elevations sufficient
to be out OF the way Of ell trains or
street cars.
The system is not an experiment; it
/ has been practically tested. The cost of
construction is less than that Of cable
road and che cost Of running, with fuel
as cheap az IL Is O. Tacoma, much less
than horse cars.
For the purpose Of developing sabaF-
ban property IL 10 immense, as with the
elevated system almost any speed You
desire, up to 10 miles per hour, can be
attained with perfect safety. When |
come TO Tacoma / will bring photos Of
road In actual operation which will give
q perfect idea Of the system.
A syndicate of wealthy men Is being
formed al this place to build a number
Of these reads. I have been here q
month, bat 20 hone tomorrow. Yours
truly, q. Y. tERRT,
42s Californis street. San Francisco.
| @. P. Ferry was formerly the agent Of
the Tacoma Land Company 10 this city
and has come property here. DE 70
son-in-law OF Gen. McCarver, q sort of
patron saint of this city.
The Tacoma Dramatic Society are
preparing "FrOu Froa" and intend pre-.
sentine ID 10 the public in the Alpha
Opers House on the 18th instant.
Ihe Tacoma Guards held their reRu-
lar drill on Wednesday evening. One
new member vas admitted. The
Guards are working faithfully and
should be literally p1tronized when
they give their exhibition drill on the
nd. Tue Washington College Cadets
we're out 10 full foros, and for about
three hours the aFmory presented q
lively appearance.
Yesterday there appeared before
Judge Campbell. Chaa Taylor, James
Watson. I'd. 9lenaeld, Peter wessel.
George Fitzgerald and Chas. Seymour,
charged with committing an assault
With intent 10 Kill on J.. ". Cunning
ham last wednesday morning. De
/ PENDANTS attorney requested . oontinu
! anca, which wes granted. Defendants
we're placed under $500 10 appear next
Wednesday az 10 Q. m, before JadRe
Campbell for trial. A. Wolf and Capt.
Cameron appeared as b1ndsmen. There
seems 20 be great deal Of bitter feeling
existing between the longshoremen and
CunninRham. he bad contracted d
, load the Sarah Ridgevay With non
union meu. and has repeatedly been
threatened By the loneshoFemen, and
Wednesday q Number Of them assaulted
} him and be vas pretty badly zsed Up,
, henee the arrests. Captain Townsend
Of the RidRewsy, has also received
numerous threats. and finally appealed
10 Superintendent Atkinson, Of The Ia
: coma NH Company, for protection. WHO
not only refused. bnt refused 20 give
4 him any more i1meeF. In the mean.
time Captain Oysten, OF the Fray Ben.
tas, seems 50 have besn having his share
Of tFoabls on account Of Q misunder-
sfanaine between himself and the long
shoremen, and be has been loading al
= tue wharf With bis crew, and they havs
been more OF less molesfed. No 0r
Wednesday be, 10 company With Gun
ninQham and Captain Townsend, called
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